different between shekel vs beka

English

Alternative forms

• sheqel

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (shékel, “shekel”), from ??????? (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian ???? (šiqlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l
• Hyphenation: shek?el

Noun

shekel (plural shekels or shekalim)

1. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
2. (slang) Money.
   • 1914, The Judge (volume 66)

     Her gownlet cost five hundred beans; / Her furs, four figures in a row; / Her hat removed from papa's jeans / A hundred shekels more or so.

   • 1924, James Alban Wilson, Sport and Service in Assam and Elsewhere (page 288)

     […] after the 1887-9 campaign was the great refuge of the destitute who, as they could not hope to rake in a breast-full of medals and decorations, expected, at any rate, to amass a good few shekels.

   • 2018, Gerry Woodhouse, Lord Damnus: Conqueror of the World

     The mob had filched anything that might earn them a shekel or two.

3. (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

Derived terms

• new shekel

Translations

See also

• agora
• ILS
• NIS

Further reading

• shekel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (shékel, “shekel”), from ??????? (shakál, “to weigh”).

Noun

shekel m (plural shekels)

1. shekel (unit of currency)

Portuguese

Noun

shekel m (plural shekels)

1. sheqel (currency unit in Israel)

English

Alternative forms

• bekah

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (beqá?, “half-sheqel”, literally “broken”).

Noun

beka (plural bekas)

1. an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel

Anagrams

• Baek, bake, beak

Czech

Alternative forms

• backa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ka/
• Rhymes: -?ka
• Hyphenation: be?ka
• Homophone: backa

Noun

beka

1. genitive singular of bek
2. accusative singular of bek

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *b?eka, *be?ka or *p?eka. Cognate with Hawaiian pe?a.

Noun

beka

1. bat (flying mammal)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish beca.

Noun

béka

1. scholarship

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Compare Tagalog bigkas.

Noun

beka (plural beka-beka, informal 1st possessive bekaku, impolite 2nd possessive bekamu, 3rd possessive bekanya)

1. chat
2. discuss

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (bak?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ka/

Verb

beka (imperfect jibki)

1. to cry

Usage notes

• Colloquially, the conjugated forms may undergo metathesis in some speakers (kbejt and jikbi instead of bkejt, jibki, etc.). Only the basic form and its negative bekiex are generally exempted from this because of the intervening vowel. Probably this phenomenon stems originally from coarticulation in fast speech, but it is not restricted to such contexts anymore.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, to place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.ka/

Etymology 1

Noun

beka f

1. (colloquial) Augmentative of beczka.
2. (colloquial) An obese person; fatso; fatty; landwhale.
3. (slang) fun or amusement at somebody's expense; ridicule

Usage notes

Often used in phrases like beka z X, where X is the object of ridicule. For example, beka ze studentów socjologii means roughly "LOL at the social science students".

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

beka m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of bek

Verb

beka

1. third-person singular present of beka?

Further reading

• beka in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• beka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????.

Noun

beka (definite accusative bekay?, plural bekalar)

1. survival, lasting, remaining

Declension

References

• beka in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bika.

Verb

beka

1. (active verb) to tar, pitch

Related terms

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place
2. to lay
3. to store
4. to appoint

Inflection